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National Center for Education Statistics
About CCD -- CCD data files -- Data tools.
"The Common Core of Data (CCD) is the Department of Education's primary database on public elementary and secondary education in the United States. CCD is a comprehensive, annual, national statistical database of all public elementary and secondary schools and school districts, which contains data that are designed to be comparable across all states"--About the CCD file.
"The CCD survey annually collects data about all public elementary and secondary schools, all local education agencies, and all state education agencies throughout the United States. CCD contains three categories of information: general descriptive information on schools and school districts; data on students and staff; and fiscal data"--Design, About the CCD file.
Data tables available in HTML and downloadable Microsoft Excel formats.